Dominicans will remember when enamel cups were a common sight in every home. That was way before the advent of plastic kitchenware.
Photo depicts a ‘klatay’ enamel cup by Jeniffer Baron
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that is so true , you guys have me cracking up so bad..lol lol , OMG, even the handle getting hot you cannot hold it to drink your tea, lol lol and you have to go, nothing keep a tea hot like these cups..lol lol
So, my college age daughter, who was born in the states, took one of those cups and put it in my brand new, built-in microwave. NEED I SAY MORE!
Pot Caryay
I LOVE THE COMMENTS, THEY`RE SOOOOO DIFFERENT FROM THE CRIME AND HOOLIGANISM GOING ON IN MY DOMINICA.AS SIMPLE AND OLD AS THE CUP LOOKS,ALL OF DOMINICA SHARES THE SAME SENTIMENTS AND NOSTALGIA. THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN WE WERE ONE AND LOVED OUR NEIGHBOURS AS FAMILY. THAT`S THE BEST CUP TO DRINK A HOT LOCAL COFFEE FROM THE TREES IN MY MOM`S YARD, SITTING ON HER STEPS BEFORE THE SUN RISE. AM HAPPY FOR THE EXPERIENCE.
Well, DNO, you have succeeded again in making Dominicans smile. See how powerful seemingly innocuous and simple pics can be?!
Good job.
Peeping…’Tamar” here, my DMB crush.” hahahhahahah
boy that cup has pal wi lols.. My granny always use to say mind u pal my cup eh… hehe thanks for da pic..
I’ve got one just like this, same colour and even the dents. It just seems like this person own got more than mine. Lolol….drank from it this morning and im loving it. got the plate as well.
since i little girl my aunt have her calbosay cup and i bog woman with children and it still dere..lol . i wonder if they still sell calbosay cup.
calbosay all the way, in our day you will stay. boy cacoa te never get cold fast with a calbosay cup..lol. papa i doh have one but my grand aunt have one and is her favourite cup she is in her 90’s. calbosay does last but mug doh last so. awa we. horay for calbosay cup. thanx dno
this was the days
my gramps had one……may his soul rest in peace
lol..yes ah DNO u make my day..with that calbosay cup we..
Not calbosay – CARYEA!! my spelling???
Wow, I laughed so much when I saw that cup. All I could think about was my mother standing on the back step of our house “fanning” my tea in the morning before I went to school. I’ll be saving this pic in my photo of the day folder lol.
Yes I DNO – thanks for making my day. I thought is me alone that have a cup like that at my home wi…I have d same color cup n plate. Nobody can touch my cup..And when you hear a cold squash nice in that..tsk tsk tsk.
Trust me the good ole days are still here…At the weekend I bought two like this at Issa Trading for just about $2.00 good to have. My baby prefers to drink out of this than her bottle. No idea why but it’s amazing
Thank you DNO.
Yes cocoa.
Mothers would go over the window using two cups pouring the tea in and out of the both so that it could cool down before giving the bush or cocoa tea to the hungry ones.
Then in the “afternoon” we would get some squash, hot bread and yellow butter, or cube cheese or whatever…
WHEN THEY WERE NEW WE USED TO CELEBRATE. But we all love those cups of love….old and new
DNO , you know what?
Laughter and tears for those innocent days.
We were good children with good mothers…..most of us in Waitikubuli were.
ALL PRAISES AND THANKS TO THE ALMIGHTY
Wow, that sure is a blast from the past. I remember drinking from those car-yea cups. The morning karco with karnel, coconut milk and veezoo used to taste real proper in those car-yea cups with a little roat fig or morso dasheen chaud-fay.
All glass cups use to stay locked in the cabinet for when strangers visit…..lol. And if you break one? If fire in u boomboom..lol
I used to come by your grandmother’s house and she used to serve me in the same glass she locked away. I remember her very well.
I likey .Yes sah nice memories boy that cup well “Cayeh”. That was good for drinking some nice cacoa tea.
my grandma had the matching plate to go with that.jejeje those were the days…(CAYEH CUP)
That look like my cup my grand mother gave me many years ago.
Boy i remember my granny would make my milk tea in that to cool it down she would use two of them when they nock together that sound they would make.Yes call me greedy one thing they does cahyay easy lol.
Haha from the past alone?? Well my granny leave Dominica with hers and come NY with it many yrs ago. She still drinking her tea in it all dent up and ting. Lol
Definitely brings back childhood memories. Love this photo.
Omgggg good ole days! Drinking thickened ‘caco’ tea!! Nothing beats that, not even a mug!
Oh my gosh. I definitely remember the “pal” cups when I was growing up. Thanks DNO for these wonderful memories. I remember the bush tea and cocoa tea with cow milk I used to drink in them.
That was a challenge because that enamel cup gave you no protection from the heat. The cup would burn your lips.
Also we would knock the cup against a stone and listen to enamel cracking for a while after.
Good days man!
Anonymous: “Also we would knock the cup against a stone and listen to enamel cracking for a while after.”
Lol! That was fun. (Until our parents found out and we paid the price with our skin!)